Posted on 05/04/2003 5:38:29 AM PDT by geros
Un propagandista del Régimen de Pyongyang afirmó hoy domingo que Corea del Norte posee al menos 100 misiles nucleares apuntando hacia a Estados Unidos, que serían utilizados si al país asiático le son impuestas sanciones económicas. El director ejecutivo del centro para la paz coreana-estadounidense, Kim Myong Chol, declaró al canal de televisión australiana ´Channel Nine´ que está "claro" que Corea del Norte posee "por lo menos 100 ojivas nucleares y 300 como máximo". "Todas están dirigidas hacia ciudades estadounidenses", agregó.
Como "portavoz oficial de Corea del Norte" Kim aceptó realizar esta entrevista para la televisión australiana desde un país extranjero, sin conocerse donde se llevó a cabo. El "portavoz" aseguró que la tecnología nuclear utilizada para producir las ojivas fue probada en Pakistán y que las armas se fabricaron antes de que el Gobierno de Pyongyang firmara el acuerdo de no proliferación nuclear.
You mean, with the technology clinton gave the chinese, which in turn shared some of it with NK?
They forgot to mention that although they are pointed at us, known of them can reach us.
Dr. Kim believes that North Korea will demonstrate its capacity to strike America: it may conduct a series of nuclear explosions and test-fire an ICBM over the US homeland.
(From Chosun Ilbo, Seoul, today):
"North (Korea) Drawing Lessons From Saddam's Fall by Yoon Hee-young (hyyoon@chosun.com) North Korea is evaluating its leaders to confirm their loyalty to the regime, assuming the Saddam Hussein regime fell because its military leaders betrayed it, a private U.S. global intelligence consulting firm said over the weekend. The consultant, Stratfor, quoted North Korean informed services in Europe as saying high North Korean officials were closely analyzing the Iraq war to learn lessons from it. The North believes that the Saddam regime collapsed due to the betrayal of Iraq's military leaders rather than superior U.S. military capabilities, Stratfor said, adding that Pyongyang thinks it can make a U.S. attack less likely if such internal betrayals do not occur. Stratfor said Pyongyang would take appropriate actions to prevent such betrayals from occurring within its ranks. North Korea is starting to strengthen the union between its leaders and the public, the consultant said. Pyongyang implemented a new military service law in March under which government officials under the age of 40 who avoided military service will have to go back and fulfill it."
This is Kim Myung Chol, reportedly an 'unofficial spokesman' of North Korea, in the center.
This individual makes his living in Tokyo. I am going to see about looking Mr. Kim up and interviewing him to see where he is coming from. Of course it will be DPRK propaganda all the way, but maybe some insight would come from the meeting. If anything worthwhile develops, I'll post an article about it on FR.
PS I still wonder how much is 'official' DPRK line and how much is local, 'free agent' embellishment of it in Tokyo and/or self-promotion. Is he being marched out there with DPRK Foreign Ministry talking points, or is he merely 'spinning' on his own"?
(I find it odd he has a US/DPRK flag pin at the time he is making these more-than-veiled nuclear threats toward our country.)
Like Capt. Renault in the movie classic "Casablanca," mainstream journalists are pretending to be "shocked, shocked!" this morning to discover that North Korea has intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons to the United States.
And by some accounts, the Bush administration's claim yesterday that this development is old news is just disingenuous White House spin.
But Bush officials are correct, and there's a paper trail that backs them up. In fact, news that North Korea had ICBMs capable of reaching across the Pacific dates back to at least 1999, a full two years before Bill Clinton left the White House.
It's just that at the time, journalists decided not to report on Pyongyang's newfound missile capabilities. Such news, after all, would have torpedoed Clinton administration claims that their diplomacy had succeeded in ending North Korea's nuclear threat.
But a 1999 congressional study warned: "North Korea can now strike the United States with a missile that could deliver high explosive, chemical, biological, or possibly nuclear weapons. Currently, the United States is unable to defend against this threat."
1. How momentous history will record what just happened in Iraq. Remember not all historians are white free Americans living in Anywhere U.S.A. Think of the point of view of an Iraqi witnessing what just ocurred and then know that the average citizen is spiritual and aware of the revelations and prophecy.
2. The fact that coalition totality of capabilities and individual unit functionality potential was just scratched. The fourth never got into the fray because of our Turkish "friends". And heavy use of complete Naval Power was not needed.
Amazing how a little "stick" wielding (and yes thats a jab at all you trolls making stink of GB's landing) makes the devilkin sit up and take notice. Balance of power diplomacy screams for the immediate arming of Japan and a concentration of Naval power to the interests of Taiwan. IMNSHO.
Lastly, whomever postedIs it too much to hope that San Francisco and Berkeley are targeted? my answer to that is an emphatic yes. I offer no explanation why.
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